Synopsis
In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Rosalia is a shy girl working at a super market. She lives along and spends her time reading fairy tales. She leads a mundane life working on weekdays and volunteering as a reader for the blind on off days. However, she thinks she herself might be a fairy not a common girl. Gradually confirming that she can make "little miracles" happen, she is convinced that she is a fairy who has come to this world with a mission and failed to return. Dancing tango in a dance hall, meeting her father whom she parted with at an early age, and watching the change of the blind, she is awating "big miracles." What are the big miracles she is waiting for?
Little Miracles is the latest work of Director Eliseo Subiela who is well-known for his "Man Facing Southeast" produced in 1985. This is a very Latin American film in that the boundary between the reality and fantasy is made intentionally ambiguous. Instead of presenting the theme clearly or drawing a clear-cut conclusion, the director focuses on expressing the incomprehensibility of life and the mysterious human relations. The scenes betray the efforts to restrain from too much indulgence in style. The classical music of Europe used at the right moment warms up the movie. This is a movie which is not instantly stimulating but lives long in the memory of the viewers.
P.S.: The director says, "As I was writing and filming 'Little Miracles' I could hear in my head a certain Robert Bresson, a certain Eric Rhomer." (Hong-jun Kim)